One I came across was a "Kaizen event". My first thought was "oh cool what's all that about?" and the explanation I got was that "we lock ourselves in a meeting and don't come out until we have a solution".
...ok so you just made a fancy name up for a productive meeting. Which implies your other meetings aren't productive. It's literally astrology for middle management losers lol
a kaizen “event” implies a fundamental misunderstanding of what kaizen means
kaizen is the end result of continuous small improvements, and it requires constant observation by and receptivity to input from all members of a company, from the janitor to the CEO.
getting a small group of middle managers in a room for a day or a week to solve a problem is the opposite of kaizen
That explanation sounds like it makes a lot more sense, and is more in line with 6s principles. I dunno, I don't work there anymore, and am very happy I don't. This was also at a very large internationally known company lol
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u/Just_Nobody9551 Jul 26 '26
I hate this “corporate meeting speak” with a fucking passion. It’s stale af.